Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 pairing delivers a playable but constrained experience in Overpower, with performance heavily dictated by the GPU’s aging Pascal architecture. The measured data reveals a system that can handle the game at 1080p and 1440p with tweaks, but 4K Ultra is beyond its reach. The GTX 1070, sitting at the 51st percentile of all GPUs and trailing the GTX 1650 SUPER by 1.4%, is the clear bottleneck in this pairing, while the 8400F, which ranks at the 82nd percentile among CPUs, provides ample headroom that goes underutilized in the most demanding settings.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data suggests that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 65.2 FPS, which is only 3.5 FPS higher than High (61.7 FPS) but represents a significant 24.4% improvement over Ultra (52.4 FPS). The jump from Medium to Low at 1080p yields a massive gain to 104 FPS, but that comes with a substantial visual quality reduction that may not be worth the extra 38.8 FPS for most users.

At 1440p, Medium remains the sweet spot at 60.1 FPS, just barely crossing the 60 FPS threshold. High drops to 56.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 44.6 FPS. The Low preset at 1440p produces 92.8 FPS, but the visual compromise is steep. For 4K, the situation is more dire: Medium only manages 48 FPS, and High is nearly identical at 47.7 FPS. Low at 4K hits 81.4 FPS, but this is the only way to get a smooth 4K experience with this hardware.

The data indicates that Medium is the recommended preset for 1080p and 1440p gaming, as it provides a stable framerate without the sharp visual degradation seen in Low. For 4K, users must accept Medium at 48 FPS or drop to Low for a fluid 81.4 FPS. Ultra is essentially unplayable at any resolution, with the best case being 52.4 FPS at 1080p, which still falls short of a consistent 60 FPS target.

GPU Role

The GTX 1070’s 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is the primary constraint in this game’s higher settings. The card’s base clock of 1506 MHz and boost clock of 1683 MHz are modest by modern standards, and the 6.463 TFLOPS of FP32 performance shows its age. The GPU’s 1920 shading units and 64 ROPs are tasked with rendering Overpower’s action sequences, and the benchmark results show the card struggling to maintain high framerates at elevated settings.

The GPU’s 51st percentile ranking places it squarely in the mid-range of all tested GPUs, and its nearest rival, the GTX 1650 SUPER, is 1.4% faster in average benchmark score. The GTX 1070’s performance in Overpower reflects this middling position. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra setting at 37.3 FPS suggests the memory bandwidth and compute power are stretched thin. The card’s DirectX 12 score of 48 in Passmark is particularly telling, as Overpower likely utilizes modern API features that this older architecture handles inefficiently.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across all settings, confirming the GPU as the limiting component. At Medium settings, the framerate falls from 65.2 FPS at 1080p to 60.1 FPS at 1440p (a 7.8% drop) and then to 48 FPS at 4K (a 26.4% drop from 1440p). The High preset shows a similar pattern: 61.7 FPS at 1080p, 56.5 FPS at 1440p (8.4% drop), and 47.7 FPS at 4K (15.6% drop from 1440p).

The Low preset demonstrates the least severe scaling, with 104 FPS at 1080p, 92.8 FPS at 1440p (10.8% drop), and 81.4 FPS at 4K (12.3% drop from 1440p). This smaller relative decline at Low settings indicates that the GPU’s fixed overheads, such as draw calls and geometry processing, become a larger fraction of the workload when pixel shading is reduced. The CPU’s strong single-thread performance (3dmark_single_thread score of 951) helps maintain these lower-resolution framerates, but the GPU’s pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the GTX 1070 delivers 104 FPS on Low, 65.2 FPS on Medium, 61.7 FPS on High, and 52.4 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Medium is 38.8 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is a slim 3.5 FPS, and High to Ultra drops another 9.3 FPS. This suggests that Medium and High are visually similar in cost, but Ultra imposes a significant penalty.

At 2560x1440, the results are 92.8 FPS (Low), 60.1 FPS (Medium), 56.5 FPS (High), and 44.6 FPS (Ultra). The Medium to High gap narrows to 3.6 FPS, but Ultra falls 11.9 FPS below High. The 1440p Low result of 92.8 FPS is notable, as it shows the GPU can still push high framerates when the shading load is reduced.

At 3840x2160, the scores are 81.4 FPS (Low), 48 FPS (Medium), 47.7 FPS (High), and 37.3 FPS (Ultra). Interestingly, Medium and High are nearly identical at 4K (48 vs 47.7 FPS), indicating that the GPU is completely pixel-bound and the settings differences have minimal impact. The 4K Ultra result of 37.3 FPS is the worst measured framerate in the entire dataset.

FAQ

*Q: Can this combo run Overpower at 60 FPS at 1080p?*

A: Yes, but only on Low (104 FPS) or Medium (65.2 FPS) settings. High produces 61.7 FPS, which is just above 60, while Ultra falls to 52.4 FPS.

Q: Is the GTX 1070 the bottleneck at 4K?

A: The data strongly suggests yes. At 4K Medium and High, the framerates are nearly identical (48 vs 47.7 FPS), indicating the GPU is saturated and settings changes have little effect. The 4K Ultra score of 37.3 FPS confirms the GPU is the limiting factor.

Q: How much faster is Low compared to Ultra at 1440p?

A: Low produces 92.8 FPS, while Ultra produces 44.6 FPS. This is a 108% improvement for Low, highlighting the massive performance cost of Ultra settings.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo?

A: Based on the data, 1080p with Medium settings (65.2 FPS) offers the best balance. 1440p Medium (60.1 FPS) is also viable, but 4K requires Low settings for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the GTX 1070 compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GTX 1070 has an average benchmark score of 12331, while the GTX 1650 SUPER scores 12504, making the 1650 SUPER 1.4% faster. The Quadro K4200 is 0.7% slower at 12241.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 8400F hold back the GTX 1070?

A: The CPU’s 82nd percentile ranking and strong multi-threaded score (20851 in Cinebench R23) suggest it has ample headroom. The FPS scaling with resolution changes indicates the GPU is the primary constraint, not the CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, provides a solid foundation for this gaming combo. Its base clock of 4.20 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz, combined with 16 MB of shared L3 cache, deliver strong single-threaded performance (3dmark_single_thread score of 951). The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 places it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, scoring 25057 (a 0% delta).

The 8400F’s Zen 4 architecture on a 4nm process allows for efficient processing of game logic and physics, which is evident in the 1080p Low result of 104 FPS. At this resolution, the CPU is more involved in feeding frames to the GPU, and the 8400F handles this task without issue. However, as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, and the CPU’s role diminishes. The 4K results, where Medium and High are nearly identical, demonstrate that the CPU is not the bottleneck in this scenario.

The CPU’s passmark_multithread score of 24530 and passmark_single_thread score of 3684 indicate balanced performance across both lightly-threaded and heavily-threaded workloads. This is beneficial for Overpower, which likely uses a mix of thread types for AI, physics, and rendering tasks. The 8400F’s 65W TDP also suggests it maintains consistent performance without thermal throttling, which could help sustain framerates during extended gameplay sessions.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of the Ryzen 5 8400F and GTX 1070 ranks 1475th out of 1744 tested combos in Overpower, placing it in the bottom 15.4% of all configurations. This low ranking is primarily driven by the GPU’s age and performance ceiling, rather than the CPU. The 8400F’s 82nd percentile CPU ranking contrasts sharply with the GTX 1070’s 51st percentile GPU ranking, creating a significant imbalance.

The combo’s rank suggests that while the CPU is more than capable of handling this game, the GPU holds the entire system back. The measured FPS data supports this interpretation: the system struggles to maintain 60 FPS at 1080p on Ultra (52.4 FPS) and fails to do so at 1440p Ultra (44.6 FPS). Even at 4K Low, where the GPU is less stressed, the 81.4 FPS result is respectable, but the overall experience is limited by the GPU’s inability to handle higher settings at higher resolutions.

For users with this combo, the data indicates that upgrading the GPU would yield substantial improvements, while upgrading the CPU would provide minimal benefit in this game. The 8400F has significant headroom, as evidenced by its performance relative to rivals like the Ryzen 7 2700X, which it matches within 0%. The GTX 1070, however, is at the end of its useful life for modern action games, and its 51st percentile ranking reflects its position as a mid-range card that is now several generations old.